EA Looking At Classic Bullfrog Titles, Though Not For "Remakes"

Some of you may be too young to remember this, but back in the mid-90's, Bullfrog were kings. Theme Park, Magic Carpet, Syndicate... everything Peter Molyneux's former studio released turned to gold.

But then Bullfrog were sold to EA. And Molyneux went off and formed Lionhead. And... all people were left with was an innate desire to complain to publishers about how there should be remake upon remake of Bullfrog's classic titles.

Complaints that EA - who hold the rights to Bullfrog's back catalogue - have heard. EA's Harvey Elliot has told Kikizo that many of those old games are worth a second look:

If you remember all the old classics you played, if you go back and play them now, they're not the same. They were right for their time, and the trick with those games is coming up with what's right for the time now. I'm going to look at them at some point, I think there's an opportunity to bring those back in the future, but only if it's right for the time and not just a 'remake' or something. We'd need to do it in a way that's true to the original values, but would still make a great game today.

Know what would make Syndicate great today? Take the original Syndicate, put it in a new box and sell it.

"Know what would make Syndicate great today? Take the original Syndicate, put it in a new box and sell it."
- Has already been done on the PSN (with Syndicate Wars at least). SW was a fantastic game, amd introducted me to a darker sci-fi. I'm positive a spiritual successor would be loved by many.

I actually played Syndicate Wars before Syndicate, but anyway, I loved both games. When I first played Syndicate Wars I was absolutely blown away at the freedom and level of destruction available to you. And I must've watched that intro movie a billion times in a row... (even though it's utterly awful now)

How bout a single/multi Magic Carpet? I bet that it could almost be done on a multi platform basis and I personally have always been hanging out for another magic carpet ride! Seriously though, I do hope Bullfrog do read forums like these becos some of the above mentioned games deserved to be rethought again with some new twists!

Wow. I like the idea of a modern Syndicate game made with a similar engine to Battalion Wars (GameCube). It sounds strange, but after you think about the possibilities for a while it actually starts to make more sense than a typical RTS format.

Story time! I went to an all-girls’ school. My friends and I had that special bond of closeness that apparently comes with synced-up periods and measuring the length of each other’s winter leg hair.
This, obviously, led to a brief era of trying to catch one of the others unawares with the most impressive, most unexpected spank possible. We’re talking sneaking up behind each other in the hallway and laying one down that made the earth shake. If I couldn’t read your palm from the imprint, you weren’t doing a good enough job.